kick out

verb

kicked out; kicking out; kicks out

transitive verb

: to dismiss or eject forcefully or summarily

Examples of kick out in a Sentence

kicked out of the game for using bad language
Recent Examples on the Web
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Early the following year, in 1866, the military kicked out any freedpeople who refused to make contracts to rent or work the land. Scott Spillman, The New Yorker, 29 Jan. 2025 Vonn, the three-time Olympic medalist returning to the sport at age 40 with hopes of qualifying for the 2026 Games, had her second straight DNF, after a fall last week in Italy, when she was kicked out of position around a turn and skied out with seven gates to go. Zack Pierce, The Athletic, 25 Jan. 2025 The character was formerly a member of the Green Lantern Corps before he was kicked out for abusing his power. Joe Otterson, Variety, 24 Jan. 2025 He had been kicked out of the city days earlier by a local judge presiding over separate criminal charges brought against him for vandalizing a Black church after an earlier pro-Trump rally. Alan Feuer, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for kick out 

Word History

First Known Use

1697, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of kick out was in 1697

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“Kick out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kick%20out. Accessed 6 Feb. 2025.

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